The Garden of Resurrection: Our Fourth Garden Hope

Apr 20, 2025    Rev. Billy Cerveny

In this rich and visionary Easter message, Reverend Billy Cerveny takes listeners on a sweeping journey through Scripture's four garden moments—from Eden to the New Creation—highlighting the resurrection of Jesus as the pivotal turning point of redemption. Preaching from John 20, he draws attention to a single, easily missed phrase: Mary mistook the risen Christ for a gardener. With theological depth and narrative clarity, Reverend Cerveny unpacks the cosmic significance of that detail.


He shows how the Garden of Resurrection intentionally echoes Eden, where sin entered the world, and how Jesus, as the second Adam, undoes the curse through His obedience, death, and resurrection. Each garden scene—Eden, Gethsemane, the Resurrection, and ultimately the Garden-City of Revelation—reveals God’s unfolding plan to redeem creation and dwell again with His people.